Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in World

World: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.4%
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
2nd
of 2 groups
All-time high
1.4%
in 2013
All-time low
0.8%
in 1997
Years of data
23
1997–2019

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in World, 1997–2019

00.511.51997200820191997: 0.759 %1998: 0.803 %1999: 0.857 %2000: 0.907 %2001: 0.922 %2002: 0.917 %2003: 0.975 %2004: 1.2 %2005: 1.3 %2006: 1.2 %2007: 1.2 %2008: 1.3 %2009: 1.3 %2010: 1.3 %2011: 1.3 %2012: 1.4 %2013: 1.4 %2014: 1.4 %2015: 1.4 %2016: 1.4 %2017: 1.4 %2018: 1.4 %2019: 1.4 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

World recorded 1.4% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in World peaked at 1.4% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1997.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in World, year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in World, 1997 to 2019.
Year % Change
1997 0.8%
1998 0.8% +5.9%
1999 0.9% +6.7%
2000 0.9% +5.8%
2001 0.9% +1.7%
2002 0.9% -0.5%
2003 1.0% +6.3%
2004 1.2% +23.9%
2005 1.3% +7.0%
2006 1.2% -5.0%
2007 1.2% -2.7%
2008 1.3% +5.2%
2009 1.3% -0.6%
2010 1.3% +1.0%
2011 1.3% +0.9%
2012 1.4% +6.0%
2013 1.4% +6.0%
2014 1.4% -0.5%
2015 1.4% -3.3%
2016 1.4% +1.4%
2017 1.4% -0.2%
2018 1.4% -0.9%
2019 1.4% -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 3
2000s 1.1% 0.9% 1.3% 10
2010s 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 10

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 Suriname 34.2% compare
  2. 2 Panama 30.2% compare
  3. 3 Mexico 23.1% compare
  4. 4 Cameroon 20.6% compare
  5. 5 Uruguay 20.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in World?
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in World was 1.4% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2013.
What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1997.
How does World rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
World ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2019.
Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this World data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 2,099 data points, 1997–2019
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.